From the *School of Health & Emergency Professions, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; †Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom; and ‡School of Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Acknowledgment date: October 6, 2005. First revision date: March 29, 2006. Second revision date: April 13, 2006. Acceptance date: April 17, 2006.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
No funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
M.C.C., N.E.F., and C.W. developed the protocol and implemented the study. Carolyn Edwards acted as clinical advisor for the study. M.C.C. carried data collection and N.E.F. data checking. M.C.C. performed the statistical analyses in conjunction with C.W. M.C.C. wrote the original draft with reviewing and redrafting from N.E.F. and C.W. Donald Pennington advised on elements of study design and outcome measures.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Mindy C. Cairns, PhD, MMACP, MCSP, MSc (Manip Ther), Senior Lecturer & Research Lead, School of Health & Emergency Professions, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, United Kingdom; E-mail: [email protected]